On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Otis Rothenberger <[email protected]>wrote:
> Bob,
>
> I didn't think of AJAX, probably because I'm at the low end of the learning
> curve on that. My server is limited to ASP.NET, but that should work with
> the approach you suggest.
>
> Am I correct on the following assumption? To use AJAX in place of the
> iFrame, I would have to write the NIH data to a temp text file on my server.
> Then AJAX could access that text file without a JavaScript security
> violation. Am I on the right track with this thought?
>
>
You just have your server return the file as part of a web call, just like
any "GET". The AJAX part is that you don't have to load that page into a
frame, you just use an asynchronous call. It's not really "xml" data -- just
HTML, but that's the name of the function that was developed back when they
THOUGHT it was going to be used for XML.
var req = null
var isMSIE = false
function loadXmlData(url, data, processor) {
xmlProcessor = processor
try {
if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // native XMLHttpRequest object
req = new XMLHttpRequest();
} else { // IE/Windows ActiveX version
isMSIE = true
req = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
req.onreadystatechange = processStateChange;
req.open("POST", url + "?" + data, true);
req.setRequestHeader('Content-Type',
'application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8');
req.send(data);
} catch (e) {
alert(e);
}
}
function processStateChange() {
if (req.readyState != 4)
return
if (req.status != 200) {
alert(req.statusText);
return
}
[do something with req.responseText]
}
Bob
> Other Questions: What I'm doing at present is reading the NIH data into a
> dynamic page that resides on my server. This dynamic page is loaded to the
> iFrame so that I can use the data. Can I use AJAX to read this dynamic page
> and bypass the iFrame? I should note that a call to the dynamic page must
> have the appropriate query string that triggers the appropriate NIH data
> read. I've used AJAX to read static files. Is the current problem that
> simple?
>
>
that simple. Way easier.
> Otis
>
> Otis Rothenbergerchemagic.com
>
>
> On 8/25/2010 9:54 AM, Robert Hanson wrote:
>
> Otis, you can use an "applet proxy" -- that is, a stub of code on your web
> site that relays the data from another site, which is basically what you
> seem to be using.
>
> In addition, there is a JavaScript server at St. Olaf that allows you to
> read a page from anywhere in the world into the unsigned Jmol applet. You
> can use that. Check Jmol.js to see how that is used -- the unsigned applet
> can read from the American Mineralogist or RCSB this way. I don't advertise
> it because it's a browser version headache. The key for that is that it uses
> a JavaScript link.
>
> Actually, though, if you have access to your own site and php, you should
> use AJAX - that's what it's for. Get rid of the iframe!
>
> I'm trying to think of a good example where I have used that....
>
> Bob
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 12:21 AM, Otis Rothenberger <[email protected]
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> Otis
>>
>> --
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>> chemagic.com
>>
>>
>
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